The 11th Party Central Committee discussed the Long Thanh international airport project in the southern province of Dong Nai in the morning of its last sitting day of the 11th session in Hanoi on May 7.

 Matt Salmon, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the US House of Representatives said he was pleased with the four-day trip to Vietnam starting from May 4.

 Lying 2,979m above the sea, Ta Chi Nhu which belongs to Hoang Lien Son mountain range is one of the ten highest mountains in Vietnam. 

VietNamNet Bridge - In order to obtain high prizes and emulation titles, which can bring fame and higher pay, many teachers are willing to cheat at competitions. Students will be expelled if they cheat at exams, but teachers will not.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The total assets of the banking system reached nearly $310 billion last year, up 12.2% compared to 2013, State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has reported.

VietNamNet Bridge - Scientists call sand the “skeleton” from which the Mekong River Delta was formed. 

  The Red Socks Brassquintett from Munich will stage a gala concert on May 10 at 8 p.m. at the Opera House in HCMC’s District 1.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Prime Minister has urged the national coal mining group Vinacomin to carry out exploration at the Red River coal basin with underground coal gasification technology (UCG).

 VietNamNet Bridge - Although the export turnover of agricultural - forestry – fishery products in the past four months reached $9.13 billion, a series of export items, which are considered Vietnam's strengths, saw a strong downward trend.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Industry and Trade has yet to issue guidance for an automobile industry development strategy though the Government approved this strategy in July last year.

VietNamNet Bridge - A highlight of Europe Days in Vietnam, the laser light show, using modern art projection, will take place in front of the Hanoi Opera House, 1 Trang Tien Street, Hanoi on May 8, from 7:30pm to 8:30pm.

 President Truong Tan Sang will leave Hanoi on May 7 to attend a ceremony celebrating the 70th anniversary of Russian victory in the Great Patriotic War at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin.

 Three Vietnamese banks have entered list of Forbes Global 2000, which is known as a comprehensive list of the world’s largest, most powerful public companies, as measured by revenues, profits, assets and market value.

 The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has temporarily stopped granting import licences to US poultry products as from May 1 due to a complicated avian flu situation in the country.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The monument was built on an area of 15 hectares on the peak of Mount Cam, in Quang Nam province, central Vietnam. It was designed by artist Dinh Gia Thang.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam and the US today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for technical support from ENR for the development of Vietnam's competitive power market.

 Sir Elton John has told a US Senate panel that Aids could be eradicated in his lifetime, but only if the US government continues funding the fight against the virus.

VietNamNet Bridge - How to deal with transfer pricing – whether to view it as an inevitable part of foreign direct investment (FDI) or take drastic measures to stop it – remains a controversial matter among Vietnamese.

 German industrial giant Siemens plans to cut 4,500 jobs, or about 1% of its total global workforce, months after it announced plans to slash more than 7,000 jobs.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Le Cong Vinh scored the single goal of the last round match of the Asian Football Confederation Champions League in Binh Duong Province yesterday (May 6) for Becamex Binh Duong.